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Rock theme for toddlers: a week of activities

A rock theme lesson plan for toddlers: what a day looks like, then the week's circle time (two or three minutes, on laps), books, craft, song, snack, letter and outside time, each with what changes at this age.

Plan this week for toddlersThe whole rock week

A day of the rock theme with toddlers

  1. Arrival and free play on the floor.
  2. Sing “Humpty Dumpty” with actions; repeat it while you change and feed.
  3. Hold and pass something real for the week (rock), and say its name.
  4. Snack: a toddler-safe version of peanut butter energy balls (check the recipe's lines for under-4s).
  5. Outside: a short walk looking for dirt.
  6. Read Mop Can Hop on laps, pointing and naming.
  7. Nap, then the song once more at pick-up.

Rock circle time

  1. Hello song: sing hello to each child by name.
  2. Look out of the window together: sun, rain or clouds?
  3. Show the theme: hold up something real and name it.
  4. Sing: Humpty Dumpty.
  5. Read: Mop Can Hop (level 3).

Infants and toddlers: two or three minutes, on laps.

Rock theme books

  • Mop Can Hop (level 3, free on peabody.kids): A puppy in the mud.
  • The Big Truck (level 2, free on peabody.kids): A truck stuck in the mud.
  • Ants Are Strong (level 3, free on peabody.kids): True facts about ants that live in the soil.
  • Gus and the Big Rock (read aloud, level 4): A read-aloud: a frog and a big rock.

Infants and toddlers: one book, read every day; point and name.

Rock craft: Rock friend

You need (3): a smooth rock as big as a hand, washable paint, a brush.

  1. Wash and dry the rock.
  2. Paint a face or a pattern on it.
  3. Give it a name and a home in the garden.

With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.

Infants and toddlers: let them touch and hold the materials while you make it; nothing small enough to swallow.

Rock song: Humpty Dumpty

The words

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again.

Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Rock snack

Peanut Butter Energy Balls from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Peanut butter → sunflower seed butter.

Letter R activities

RrR is for rock. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

Infants and toddlers: skip the trace page; show the picture page and say the word.

Outside activity: Rock sort

Collect rocks bigger than your fist. Sort them: big and small, smooth and bumpy, light and dark.

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Checked 2026-10-30